Collation: A-L8, unpaged. Epistle dedicatory from H. G. to William Rice, dated Mar. 6, 1566. Verses to the reader. Argument. Translated from the fifth book of the 'Philocolo'. The first edition appeared under the title 'A Pleasant disport' &c., in 1567. The present edition is the fourth that is known. Both H. Grantham and H. Gifford have been suggested as the translator.
Sinker 1093. BM 239.
BODENHAM, John.
Bel-vedére or the Garden of the Muses.
Quem referent Musæ viuet dum robora tellus,
Dum cœlum stellas, dum vehet amnis aquas.
Imprinted at London by F. K. for Hugh Astley, dwelling at Saint Magnus Corner. 1600.
8o. (55⁄8 × 33⁄4). *. 1. 1.
Collation: A8, two leaves unsigned, B-R8, paged. Wanting A 1 (? blank). Address to the reader. Coat of arms of the Bodenhams. Commendatory verses to Iohn Bodenham the editor, signed A. M. (i.e. Anthony Munday?); other verses signed A. B., W. Rankins, R. Hathway. Dedicatory verses to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge respectively (two leaves unsigned and printed on recto only). At the end, prose 'Conclusion' followed by alphabetical table of headings.
Sinker 820. BM 240.
BORDE, Andrew.
Scogin's Jests: Full of witty Mirth, and pleasant Shifts; done by him in France and other places. Being A Preservative against Melancholy. Gathered by Andrew Board, Doctor of Physick. This may be Reprinted, R. P. London: Printed for W. Thackeray at the Angel in Duck-lane, near West-Smithfield, and J. Deacon at the Angel in Gilt-spur-street.